IIRC there is an article on H. published in Vector, which may also be in jwiki.

18.01.2014, в 19:01, Ian Clark <[email protected]> написал(а):

> Just one empty stub remains in the Accessible Dictionary (aka NuVoc
> --remember it?):
> 
> H. (Hypergeometric) Conjunction
> http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Vocabulary/hcapdot
> 
> Once that's filled-in, then NuVoc is more-or-less ready to go. You can
> already see it at http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Vocabulary
> But alas, I need help...
> 
> The J Dictionary (the old one) references Abramowitz and Stegun (A&S),
> Chapter 15: Hypergeometric Functions. Now A&S represent the syntax of the
> general case like so:
> 
>   F(a; b; c; z)
> 
> Both NuVoc and the J Dictionary present the syntax of the (H.) primitive
> like so:
> 
>   (m H. n) y
> 
> where both m and n are numeric lists.
> 
> Now suppose I'm a newbie, and my first sight of:
> http://www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/dhcapdot.htm
> just gives me a dull ache between the eyes. I need clear, unambiguous
> instructions for taking any example I choose from A&S and mapping it onto:
> (m H. n)y
> 
> Let me make a start:
>    z --> y
> That was the easy bit. Now... how should (a; b; c) --> (m; n)?
> 
> Or should I be asking: how *best* should (a; b; c) be mapped onto m and n?
> Because as I see it, it's ambiguous. Just for starters:
> 
>   F(a; b; c; z) = F(b; a; c; z)   -----[A&S 15.1.1]
> 
> Suggestions please.
> 
> IanClark
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